Sirach 6:37
Good News Translation
Devote all your time to studying the Lord's commands and thinking about them. He will give you the insight and wisdom you are looking for.

New Revised Standard Version
Reflect on the statutes of the Lord, and meditate at all times on his commandments. It is he who will give insight to your mind, and your desire for wisdom will be granted.

Contemporary English Version
Never stop considering God's laws and commands, and he will strengthen your mind with the Wisdom you want.

New American Bible
Reflect on the law of the Most High, and let his commandments be your constant study. Then he will enlighten your mind, and make you wise as you desire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.

Sirach 6:35
Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.

Sirach 6:36
And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors.

Sirach 7:1
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.

Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.

Context
Sirach 6
36And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors. 37Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.
Cross References
Sirach 6:35
Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.

Sirach 6:36
And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors.

Sirach 7:1
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.

Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:36
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